Queensland based racer Chris Donnelly is set to make his Bathurst endurance race debut aboard a Ford Falcon Saloon Car at the Hi-Tec Oils Bathurst 6 Hour, following in the wheel tracks of his father John Donnelly, a Bathurst 1000 veteran.

A five-time competitor in the October Mount Panorama classic, Donnelly Senior made four of those starts between 1981-84 aboard the ex-Dick Johnson XD Falcon that infamously hit a rock during the 1980 race.